| Description |
xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- 1. Ernest Rutherford: Discovery of the Nucleus -- 2. Ernest Rutherford: Radioactivity -- 3. Max Planck: Pursuit of an "Absolute" -- 4. Max Planck: The Quantum Theory -- 5. Albert Einstein: Work of 1905 -- 6. Niels Bohr: Early Quantum Theory of the Atom -- 7. Niels Bohr: Early Days of Atomic Physics -- 8. Wolfgang Pauli, Werner Heisenberg, and Bohr's Institute -- 9. An Introduction to Modern Quantum Theory -- 10. Creation of Quantum Mechanics -- 11. Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics -- 12. Albert Einstein: The General Theory of Relativity -- 13. The Debate Between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein -- 14. Afterward -- Further Reading -- Index |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Rev. ed. of: The questioners. 1965 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 261-263 |
| Subject |
Physicists -- Biography.
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Physics -- History.
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Quantum theory -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Cline, Barbara Lovett.
Questioners
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| LC no. |
87010786 |
| ISBN |
0226110273 (paperback) |
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